Closing Bell: Sensex Ends 350 Points Lower, Nifty Sheds 90 Points; Asian Paints Falls 3.90%

Stock Market Live: BSE Sensex fell 274 points or 0.30% to 72,881 and Nifty 50 declined 73 points or 0.30% to 22,139 in morning trade at 9:55 am on Monday, February 26. Nifty Bank fell 195 points to 46,615 and Nifty Midcap 100 gained marginally by 41 points to 49,320. Shares of Paytm hit back to back upper circuits. Current market price of Paytm shares on BSE is Rs 427.95 apiece with intraday gain of 4.99%.

The top losers from the pack of Sensex are HCL Tech, Asian Paints, Wipro, and Bajaj Finance. Meanwhile, top gainers from Sensex include Larsen, JSW Steel, Power Grid Corp, and M&M shares.

Earlier, trends in the GIFT Nifty pointed to a flat to negative beginning for the broader index in India today, with a decline of 19 points or 0.09%. The Nifty futures were trading around the 22,230 level.

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The S&P 500 surged 1.77 points, or 0.03%, to end at 5,088.8 points, while the Nasdaq Composite, fell 44.80 points, or 0.28%, to 15,996.82. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 62.42 points, or 0.16%, to 39,131.53.

Asian shares took a breather near seven-month highs on Monday as investors awaited inflation data from the United States, Japan and Europe that will assist refine hopes for future rate moves.

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